Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-6

• Barge: means a vessel that is not self propelled or fitted for propulsion by sail, paddle, oar, or similar device. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
• Certificate of title: means a record, created by the department under this chapter or by a governmental agency of another jurisdiction under the law of that jurisdiction, that is designated as a certificate of title by the department or agency and is evidence of ownership of a vessel. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
• Dealer: means a person, including a manufacturer, in the business of selling vessels. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
• Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
• Documented vessel: means a vessel covered by a certificate of documentation issued pursuant to title 46 United States Code § 12105, as amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
• Foreign documented vessel: means a vessel the ownership of which is recorded in a registry maintained by a country other than the United States that identifies each person that has an ownership interest in a vessel and includes a unique alphanumeric designation for the vessel. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
• Owner: means a person that has legal title to a vessel. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
• State of principal use: means the state on whose waters a vessel is or will be used, operated, navigated, or employed more than on the waters of any other state during a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
• Transfer of ownership: means a voluntary or involuntary conveyance of an interest in a vessel. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
• Vessel: means any watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, except:
  (1) An amphibious vehicle for which a certificate of title is issued pursuant to part III of chapter 286 or a similar statute of another state;
  (2) A watercraft less than eight feet in length and propelled solely by sail, paddle, oar, or an engine of less than ten horsepower;
  (3) A watercraft that operates only on a permanently fixed, manufactured course and the movement of which is restricted to or guided by means of a mechanical device to which the watercraft is attached or by which the watercraft is controlled;
  (4) A stationary floating structure that:

  (A) Does not have and is not designed to have a mode of propulsion of its own;

  (B) Is dependent for utilities upon a continuous utility hookup to a source originating on shore; and

  (C) Has a permanent, continuous hookup to a shoreside sewage system;
  (5) A watercraft owned by the United States; a state; a foreign government; or a political subdivision of the United States, a state, or a foreign government; and
  (6) A watercraft used solely as a lifeboat on another watercraft. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2